File 2976/1916 Pt 1 'Persia Bunder-Abbas-Kerman telegraph and road' [‎247r] (197/452)

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will not be slight. as a mihtar y measure and difference in expense
Addressed Kerman; repeated Basra.
Enclosure No, 3.
Telegram P. s No. 45, dated the 11th (received the 12th) April 1917
h rom His Britannic Majesty’s Consul, Kerman,
To Major A^R Teevok, C.I.E., Deputy Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
Enclosures 1 and 2 .
Minister’s 43. ^ teIegram M and
responsMe^fficMyaM ^idh^oUiera'are in a1)eter|poSt^on S th£ui^^-sel/ to^rgue
Enclosure 2. about, otherwise I could say a good deal in
reply to Minister’s 43.
bar re-alignment of the telegraph Une eventually. PI>ear necessaril y to
No. 249-S., dated Bushire, the 16th April 1917 (Confidential).
From-MAJOE A. P. Teevoe, C.I.E., Deputy Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
To-The Hon’ble Me A. H Grant, C.S.I., C.I.E., Foreign Secretary to the Govern-
ment of India, Foreign and Political Department, Simla.
In his telegram No. 188, dated 28th March 1917 (which was reneatod tr>
Government of India by Chief Political Officer, Basrah under No 2552 dated 3mh
March 1917), His Majesty’s Consul, Kerman, nders to certaL p^ofals ^
Lieutenant-Colonel Orton regarding the construction of a Motor road to Kerma/
the employment of a Pioneer battalion on it, etc. merman,
4.- II ? ^ 1S connection I have the honour to forward herewith, for the considera-
A Go i y ernm ent of India, a copy of a Memorandum (No. 507 dated 7th
pril 1917) submitted by Mr. Howson on the subject.
™ * have no details of the proposals, nor of course do I know whether thev will
commend themselves to the Government of India. But if it is decided to^spnrl
a Pioneer battalion to make the road, I think that Mr. Howson’s suggestion that
BnnZ AbB am f T PS is * g°od one. There is nfdoubt that
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On the other hand, if the Shiraz-Bushire road is re-opened and stores for
Shiraz can be sent up to Shiraz from here, the congestion at’Bunder Abbas will
isappear. Perhaps also there is not a Pioneer battalion to spare or the Govern
ment of India may consider that all the Pioneer battalions can be more usefullv
employed elsewhere. In these circumstances of course there would be no need
for a special camel corps at Bunder Abbas. a